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Civil Registration:

Compulsory civil registration of births, Marriages and Deaths started in 1864.

Registration of non-Catholic marriages began in 1845.

Copies of some of these General Register Office indexes and registers have been copied by the LDS Church and are available
through the catalog at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp.

Some are already here at Mesa-check our catalog.
To order online: www.groireland.ie/about_us.htm

More information wiki.familysearch.org/en/Ireland_Civil_Registration

Census:

Census records from 1821-1851 are partially available
1861-1891 were destroyed
1901-1911 are all available

An index of these census records, and census substitutes are online
http://www.censusfinder.com/ireland.htm
http://www.genealogybranches.com/irishcensus.html (images)

More information wiki.familysearch.org/en/Ireland_Census

Church Records:

The Anglican Church was the State Church of Ireland from 1560-1869. There were many non-conformists churches.

Roman Catholic parish registers for the period up to 1880 may be available with the local parish. An index is available
at the National Library of Ireland.
See: http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx

Book # 282.025 Of2 (Reference)- The Official Catholic Directory includes a partial directory for the Catholic Church in Ireland

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy/church.html
http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history/family_history_key_sources.htm (Northern Ireland only)

More information wiki.familysearch.org/en/Ireland_Church_Records

Land and Estate:

The Registry of Deeds covers 1708 to present.

Householder’s index from 1820-1864 on CD computers at MFSL #900635 and #900628.

Freeholder records, landowners, and other images available at http://www.proni.gov.uk (Northern Ireland only)

More information wiki.familysearch.org/en/Ireland_Land_and_Property

Immigrants from Ireland:

Irish Passenger Lists 1677-1921 to the U.S. and Canada
http://vzone.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/irish.htm

Books: (some titles, not all)

974.71 W3f   The Famine Immigrants . . . 1846-1851
973 W2he      Passenger Lists from Ireland
973 W2mk    Emigrants and Exiles
973 W2mcd Emigrants to America 1735-1745
973 W3sp     Passengers from Ireland . . .1811-1839
941.6 W2m   Irish emigration lists, 1833-1839
970 W22dd   Irish Emigrants in North America
941.5 W3mi and 973 W3mi    Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871

CDs (must use Commercial CD Computers located in Copy Room)

9000374 - 1831-1853, The Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrants
9001063 – Irish Immigrants to North America, 1803-1871

More information wiki.familysearch.org/en/Ireland_Emigration_and_Immigration

Probate:

Most actual wills and documents were destroyed in 1922. Some will indexes, wills, and will abstracts have survived.

Every year alphabetical summaries were prepared, properly called the Calendars of the Grants of Probate and Letters of
Administration 1858-1920.
Much of this material has been filmed by the LDS Church and is available through http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp

More information wiki.familysearch.org/en/Ireland_Probate_Records

Other Resources:

Fiche #6036097 – “Index to Irish Wills” edited by W.P.W. Phillmore and Gertrude Thrift (1909)

Book # 941.5/P22v – “Index to Prerogative Wills of Ireland”, 1536-1810 by Sir Authur Vicars, F.S.A. (1897)
Book # 941.5 X22g – "Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland"
941.5 section in the Book Stacks – check catalog for specific titles

Film - Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilization by Richard Hayes. This publication is one of the most important
and detailed works on Irish genealogy. Microfilm # 1440939-1440943, 973222-973230, and 994079

Web Links:

http://www.seanruad.com - Irish Atlas
http://www.irish-insight.com - Irish Links
http://www.irishorigins.com - Links and Helps
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ - Research Helps and Links
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/cairney - Clans and families of Ireland
http://progenealogists.com/ireland/irishsleuth.htm - Ireland searches
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/biblio.htm - Research Aids
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=E&Juris1=76
http://www.1718migration.org.uk - Scots-Irish migration